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The new Star Wars TV show, The Mandalorian, has added another high-profile cast member. Nick Nolte is joining the cast that already includes Pedro Pascal and Gina Carano.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, which revealed the news, the new show will allow actors to “come and go,” while the nature of the show allows the producers to cast people later in production than normal. Nolte has been acting for decades; he’s been nominated for three Oscars, for the movies The Prince of Tides, Affliction, and Warrior.

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The Mandalorian was written by Iron Man director Jon Favreau, and individual episodes will be directed by established Hollywood and TV veterans like Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi and Jurassic World star Bryce Dallas Howard, among others.

Pascal, who starred on Game of Thrones and Narcos, will play the lead role in The Mandalorian. He’ll play a “lone gunfighter,” in a story set after Return of the Jedi.

“After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic,” reads the TV show’s official description.

The program will air on Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+. The service launches in 2019, but it’s unclear when the new Star Wars show may arrive. It is one of “several” Star Wars shows in development.

The Switch may appear to live in the same family as tablets and smartphones at first glance, but Nintendo, perhaps wisely, has kept those comparisons at arm’s length. The Switch OS doesn’t react when you pivot the system from landscape to portrait orientation, and the vast majority of Switch games feature only minimal support for touchscreen interaction. These limitations aren’t generally an issue, but there is a subset of Switch games that may cause you to question Nintendo’s apparent rigid view of the system’s identity.

Thanks to the efforts of developers such as Hamster Corp. and Digital Eclipse, the Switch plays host to numerous arcade ports, a large number of which were designed to be played with the screen rotated 90 degrees. Playing them that way, of course, requires you to disconnect the Switch’s Joycons so you can prop up the system. That’s all well and good if you’re in a suitable environment, but the process is easier said than done on the go. Thankfully, the $12 Flip Grip has arrived to pick up where Nintendo’s design team left off.

Inexpensive, straightforward, and hugely impactful in the right situation, the Flip Grip quickly feels like a must-own accessory once you start using it. Simply disconnect the Joycons, rotate and insert your Switch into the Flip Grip, put your Joycons into the tracks on both sides of the bracket, and you’re basically ready to go.

One caveat of an attachment like Flip Grip in a world where Nintendo isn’t concerned with portrait mode is that navigating the system requires a bit of roundabout thinking on your part. Because the Flip Grip will obstruct access to the power button and the volume toggle, you will have to resort to pressing the Home button and using menus as an alternative means of powering off the system and adjusting your audio. Once in a game, you will also have to enter a menu to rotate the image into portrait mode. There is a bit of an adjustment period while you get these habits down, but once you’re used to the process it’s hard to imagine playing certain games on Switch without Flip Grip.

Arcade ports like Punch-Out and Donkey Kong go from using a small portion of the Switch’s display to filling up the entire screen, and rather than sitting away from your Switch with a controller in hand, you get to be up close and personal with it while you play–the way Nintendo originally intended. It’s not only a more enjoyable experience, but when playing vertical shooters like Ikaruga or Gunbird 2, the larger viewable area makes it easier to navigate complex bullet patterns and live to fight in another level.

While you’re enjoying your newfound appreciation for Switch, it’s easy to take the Flip Grip’s finer details for granted, but they are worth noting both for piece of mind and for the added appreciation of the accessory’s thoughtful nature.

The Flip Grip is a simple yet versatile Switch accessory that, for the right person, is worth far more than the modest asking price.

The inside of the bracket’s support wall features four felt pads that prevent scratches and smooth out the insertion process. Nearby is a flexible plastic tab with a rubber stopper that helps secure your Switch in place by slotting into one of the two speaker grooves on the back of the system. Releasing it requires just a little tug from the backside of the Flip Grip, but not so little that you’d disengage the stopper by accident.

Most important of all, long gaps along the inside edge of the Flip Grip allow for sound and air to move relatively unimpeded. And while you may not realize it at first, you can also slot a plastic card into one side for a makeshift vertical stand.

With adequate safety measures, thoughtful design considerations, and a very modest asking price, there’s almost no reason to think twice about Flip Grip if you have interest in the Switch’s current and upcoming vertically oriented games. The only other minor considerations to keep in mind are that the Joycons won’t be able to charge while you play and that the OS isn’t built to support the Flip Grip the way some games are. These grievances aside, 12 bucks is a trivial cost for an improved gameplay experience. The Flip Grip will make you think twice about what the Switch is capable of–and perhaps wonder why Nintendo hasn’t capitalized on an obvious opportunity.

Click here for an updated list of supported games, and check out Fangamer’s trailer on the Flip Grip’s pre-order page.

Editor’s note: An early production model of the Flip Grip was provided to GameSpot courtesy of Fangamer.

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Tis the holiday season, or at least it will be very soon, and that usually means streaming services pump out some classic holiday movies. However, Netflix’s new arrivals in December feels a little light on holiday fair, but at least the family can curl up next to the fire to spend the morning watching Friday After Next. Here are the new movies, TV shows, and originals hitting Netflix in December 2018.

December may be a bit light on theatrically-released movies coming to the service for the final month of the year, but it has plenty of Netflix original films and series revolving around the holidays to keep you happy. On December 7, Nailed It! returns for a holiday special, where cooks around the world try their best to recreate beautiful-looking baked deserts and always fail miserably. Sabrina returns on December 14 for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter’s Tale.

In addition, there are a few non-holiday specials to keep your eye on as well. Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book adaptation Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle heads to Netflix on December 7, which was announced it would be coming to the streaming service during the summer. December 14 is a big day for Netflix originals, and aside from Sabrina, Netflix will be revealing new seasons of Fuller House, Voltron, Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons, and Travelers.

Netflix also has a nice present for you on December 25, Christmas day. Avengers: Infinity War is coming to the service, so you and your family can come together to watch Thanos try to snap everyone out of existence. That same day, Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations: Season 11 will be released as well.

Sadly, there are plenty of movies leaving Netflix in December as well. On December 1, all of Sons of Anarchy will be removed, along with Groundhog Day, Hellraiser, and Cabin Fever. There are a few more notable titles to watch before they leave Netflix like Battle Royale (December 10), Moana (December 20), and Troy (December 30).

Below you’ll find everything coming to and leaving Netflix for the month of December.

Coming In December

Available 12/1/18

• 8 Mile
• Astro Boy
• Battle– NETFLIX FILM
• Bride of Chucky
• Christine
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
• Crossroads: One Two Jaga– NETFLIX FILM
• Friday
• Friday After Next
• Hellboy
• Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone: Season 1
• Meet Joe Black
• Memories of the Alhambra (Streaming Every Saturday)– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• My Bloody Valentine
• Next Friday
• Reindeer Games
• Seven Pounds
• Shaun of the Dead
• Terminator Salvation
• The Big Lebowski
• The Great British Baking Show: Masterclass: Season 5 Masterclasses
• The Last Dragon
• The Man Who Knew Too Little

12/2/18

• The Lobster

12/3/18

• Blue Planet II: Season 1
• Hero Mask– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot Season 2– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

12/4/18

• District 9

12/6/18

• Happy!: Season 1

12/7/18

• 5 Star Christmas– NETFLIX FILM
• Bad Blood– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Dogs of Berlin– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Dumplin’– NETFLIX FILM
• Free Rein: The Twelve Neighs of Christmas– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle– NETFLIX FILM
• Nailed It! Holiday!– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Pine Gap– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay?– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Super Monsters and the Wish Star– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The American Meme– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Hook Up Plan (Plan Coeur)– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Ranch: Part 6– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

12/9/18

• Sin senos sí hay paraíso: Season 3

12/10/18

• Michael Jackson’s This Is It

12/11/18

• Vir Das: Losing It– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

12/12/18

• Back Street Girls: Gokudols– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Out of Many, One– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

12/13/18

Wanted: Season 3– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

12/14/18

• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter’s Tale– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Cuckoo: Season 4– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Dance & Sing with True: Songs– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Fuller House: Season 4– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Inside the Real Narcos– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons: Season 3– NETFLIX ORIGINAL Colombia, Costa Rica, Romania and Norway.
• Prince of Peoria: A Christmas Moose Miracle– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• ROMA– NETFLIX FILM
• Sunderland Til I Die– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Fix– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Innocent Man– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Protector– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Tidelands– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Travelers: Season 3– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 8– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

12/16/18

• Baby Mama
• Kill the Messenger
• One Day
• Springsteen on Broadway– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Theory of Everything

12/18/18

• Baki– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Terrace House: Opening New Doors: Part 5– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

12/21/18

• 3Below: Tales of Arcadia– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• 7 Days Out– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Back With the Ex– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Bad Seeds– NETFLIX FILM
• Bird Box– NETFLIX FILM
• Derry Girls– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Diablero– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Greenleaf: Season 3
• LAST HOPE: Part 2– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Perfume– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Sirius the Jaeger– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski– NETFLIX FILM
• Tales by Light: Season 3– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Casketeers– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Wolf (BÖRÜ)– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

12/24/18

• Hi Score Girl– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• The Magicians: Season 3

12/25/18

• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Season 11
• Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War

12/26/18

• Alexa & Katie: Season 2– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• YOU

12/28/18

• Instant Hotel– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• La noche de 12 años– NETFLIX FILM
• Selection Day– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• When Angels Sleep– NETFLIX FILM
• Yummy Mummies– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

12/30/18

• The Autopsy of Jane Doe

12/31/18

• The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From a Mythical Man

Coming in December

Watership Down: Limited Series– NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Leaving In December

Leaving 12/1/18

• Cabin Fever
• Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
• Groundhog Day
• Happily N’Ever After
• Happily N’Ever After 2: Snow White
• Hellbound: Hellraiser II
• Hellraiser
• Sons of Anarchy: Seasons 1-7
• Spider-Man 3
• Spy Hard
• Stephen King’s Children of the Corn
• Swept Under
• The Covenant
• The Game

Leaving 12/4/18

• Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch
• Air Bud: Spikes Back
• Air Bud: World Pup
• Air Buddies
• Cars Toon: Mater’s Tall Tales
• Spooky Buddies
• Tarzan & Jane
• The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
• The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
• The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos
• The Search for Santa Paws
• Tinker Bell
• Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
• Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

Leaving 12/7/18

Leaving 12/10/18

• Battle Royale
• Battle Royale 2
• Teeth

Leaving 12/15/18

• Step Up 2: The Streets

Leaving 12/16/18

• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Leaving 12/17/18

• Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

Leaving 12/19/18

• Ip Man: The Final Fight

Leaving 12/20/18

• Disney’s Moana
• Food, Inc.
• I Give It a Year

Leaving 12/22/18

Leaving 12/25/18

• Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Leaving 12/31/18